Oligarch's jet grounded by UK

Private jet owned by a Russian billionaire has been banned from flying in the UK

A private jet owned by a Russian billionaire has been banned from flying in the private jet owned by a Russian billionaire has been banned from flying in the UK. The plane, owned by Eugene Shvidler, had its permits to fly suspended following an investigation.

Qazet.az reports that the UK's Transport Secretary Grant Shapps blocked the plane from leaving Biggin Hill airport in south-east London. This was to allow an investigation into ownership of the aircraft.

Shapps visited Biggin Hill to see the plane. He said Russian oligarchs who have benefited from Putin's regime will not be allowed to go about their business as they were before "this completely unprovoked war started". Shapps added that the plane will not be going anywhere "for the foreseeable future".